About Our Instructors

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Dave is the owner/operator/lead instructor of Civilian Defense Concepts, LLC.

Dave has been a firearms instructor since 1997 and is also currently a trainer in the contract security industry, providing training services to the largest security company in the world.

Here are his credentials:

• Utah Certified CCW Instructor
• Maryland State Police: Qualified Handgun Instructor
• DHS Office of Bombing Prevention: certified instructor
• NRA Certified Law Enforcement Instructor (pistol, shotgun, and patrol rifle)
• NRA Training Counselor (Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Home Firearms Safety, CCW)
• NRA Certified Chief Range Safety Officer
• NRA Refuse to be Victim Instructor
• NEXT Level Training SIRT Pistol Instructor
• UTM Certified Instructor
• Sig Sauer Academy: Certified Semi-Automatic Pistol Instructor
• Sig Sauer Academy: Master Pistol instructor Program (Graduate); Pistol Mounted Optics Instructor Program (graduate)
• Axon Corp: TASER Law Enforcement Instructor
• Personal Protection Consultants, Inc.: Baton, OCAT (OC Spray), Handcuffing, and Defensive Tactics Instructor
• Personal Protection Consultants, Inc.: OCAT, PATH, Baton Instructor Trainer
• Reflex Protect: Presidia Gel Instructor
• Mace: MACE OC spray certified instructor
• American Heart Association : BLS First Aid /CPR /AED instructor/Faculty
• HSI: BLS First Aid /CPR /AED, Advanced Bleeding Control, Bloodborne Pathogens instructor/Faculty
• HSI: AVERT (Active Violence Emergency Response Training)  program instructor
• Bleedingcontrol.org: certified instructor
• MOAB (Management of Aggressive Behaviors) Training, International: Certified Instructor/Instructor Trainer
• Handle With Care: Certified Instructor
• Conflict Prevention Institute: Certified Trainer
• Distributed Security, Inc: Lead CFI
• Munio Certified Instructor
• Glock: Certified Armorer
• Smith & Wesson: Certified Armorer (M&P Handgun)
• Certified Mental Health First Aid Provider, Certified Mental Health First Aid Provider instructor

Instructor Edgar is a veteran public safety professional and an NRA Certified Handgun Instructor.  He is also currently certified as end user instructor in MOAB (Management of Aggressive Behaviors) and Non-Lethal Spray Deployment (OCAT).  He is also certified in CPR/F/AED and Advanced Bleeding Control.

Instructor Mike is a veteran public safety professional and an NRA Certified Handgun Instructor and Certified Range Safety Officer.  He is also currently certified as end user instructor in MOAB (Management of Aggressive Behaviors) and Non-Lethal Spray Deployment (OCAT).  He is also certified in CPR/F/AED and Advanced Bleeding Control.

Instructor Dwayne is the owner and lead firearms instructor of Elegant Solutions and the Sensei of  AIKIDO EIBUKAN DOJO (https://aikidoeibukan.com/Instructor.html).  He is also an NRA Certified Pistol Instructor, Certified Rifle Instructor, and a Certified RSO.  He spearheads our knife defense program.